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12 People will be burned until their bones become lime.[a] They will burn quickly like thorns and dry bushes.

13 “You people in faraway lands, listen to what I have done. You people who are near me, learn about my power.”

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Those who do wrong shake with fear. They say, “Can any of us live through this fire that destroys? Who can live near this fire that burns forever?”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:12 lime A white powder that is often used to make mortar or cement. It can be made by burning bones, shells, or limestone.
  2. Isaiah 33:14 fire that … burns forever This might mean God, the Fire (Light) of Israel.

12 The peoples will be burned to ashes;(A)
    like cut thornbushes(B) they will be set ablaze.(C)

13 You who are far away,(D) hear(E) what I have done;
    you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14 The sinners(F) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling(G) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?(H)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”

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